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Re:The human cost of the Kindle by phil248 on Saturday June 09, 2018 @10:54PM (#17276155)
Alternately, we could incentivize better working conditions and environmental practices by negotiating them in to trade deals.
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Re:The human cost of the Kindle by colechristensen on Saturday June 09, 2018 @11:07PM (#17276215)
Is that not exactly what a tariff based on those metrics is?

Making bad working conditions and lax environmental standards expenses instead of profit centers.

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Re:The human cost of the Kindle by emodendroket on Saturday June 09, 2018 @11:09PM (#17276217)
Isn't that basically the same thing?
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